RIP Dr. Jack

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  1. BUNTA

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    RIP Dr. Jack!
     
    BUNTA, Apr 28, 2014
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    Respect for the legend, Rest well and best wishes to your friends and family.
     
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    RIP Dr. Jack. Thanks you for the memories.
     
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    I'm very sorry.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    RIP Dr. Ramsay. You've meant so much to so many. We thank you more than you could know.

    :cheers:
     
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    Thank you jlprk!
     
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    A Tip of The Cap to a Real American, a coach's coach.

    Thanks for the memories, Jack. :cheers:

    [video=youtube;_IF_F5FzZRY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IF_F5FzZRY[/video]
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    I'll tell you guys why the loud pants. We who were young showed our liberalism through long hair. Older guys with no hair in the front like him grew it in the back, but also resorted to clothes to show they were with us. Even back in the 50s, no one wore a black suit except to a funeral. The darkest you went was IBM blue. Many men wore suits with small patterns. In the 70s, older guys went with lighter jackets like pale blue or yellow. Patterns were bigger, like in his picture above, as a substitute if you couldn't grow your hair.

    Then Reagan was elected, the party was over, and America Is Back.
     
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    RIP to the only coach that coached our team to the promise land. He was a great mentor and commentator as well!
     
    magnifier661, Apr 28, 2014
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    When your last parent dies, try to keep sibling inheritance disputes away from lawyers. Those fucks will take your whole inheritance while charging you to do so. Once the legal process begins, you can't back out. Speaking from experience.
     
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    Although in times of mourning there's lots of words thrown around that fakely try to mythologize someone who really wasn't that great of a person. That's not the case with Dr. Jack Ramsay. He was a man's man. He was an innovator, a dreamer, a genius at the game of basketball, and had the ability to see inside of another person and gauge their true essense. There are not too many people in this day and age who pass away and you think: "This planet is really a worse place today because they are gone", but Jack is one of them.

    Rest in Peace, coach. Thanks for everything.
     
    chris_in_pdx, Apr 28, 2014
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    There would be no RIP City without Dr. Jack. Great man and a legend to not only the Blazers but to all of basketball.
    R.I.P Dr. Jack

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    Still the seminal coach in my basketball fandom. I didn't know until recently that he was a Navy SEAL before there were Navy SEALs.

    RIP, Dr. Jack.
     
    BrianFromWA, Apr 28, 2014
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  14. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    And yet, it seems to fit with his character. Are you surprised he was a Navy demolition diver? I didn't know either, but it seems to fit with his personality.
     
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    Holy smokes... maybe he served with my grandfather; he was also a Navy demolition diver in WWII.
     
    BlazerCaravan, Apr 28, 2014
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    maxiep, Apr 28, 2014
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    Schonz is telling some great stories right now on 1080 The Fan.
     
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    RIP
     
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    Just found this bad ass picture. Using it as my avatar.

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    RIP Dr. Jack. Let's win the next one for him!
     
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